Settlers in the New World and Immigrants to a New Nation: Researcing Ancestors from Overseas
(Colletta) |
| Monday |
The Peopling of America: Historical Overview and General Concepts |
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| 8:30 — 9:45 am |
Course Introduction; The Ebb and Flow of Immigration to America: 1590s–1880s |
Colletta |
| 10:15 — 11:30 am |
The Ebb and Flow of Immigration to America: 1880s–1930s |
Colletta |
| 1:00 — 2:15 pm |
Finding the Town of Origin Overseas |
Colletta |
| 2:45 — 4:00 pm |
Researching Colonial Settlers: Challenges and Strategies |
Taylor |
| Tuesday |
Leaving Home, Crossing an Ocean, and Settling Down |
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| 8:30 — 9:45 am |
The Voyage - Colonial Period |
Taylor |
| 10:15 — 11:30 am |
Places of Settlement in America - Colonial Period |
Taylor |
| 1:00 — 2:15 pm |
The Voyage - Federal Period |
Colletta |
| 2:45 — 4:00 pm |
Ellis Island, Myth vs. Reality: Its Place within the Larger Panoply of U.S. Immigration Laws and Procedures |
Colletta |
| Wednesday |
Putting Down Roots and Embracing New Ways |
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| 8:30 — 9:45 am |
The Erie Canal and the Peopling of Western New York and the American Midwest |
Colletta |
| 10:15 — 11:30 am |
Becoming American: Naturalization Laws, Procedures, Records |
Colletta |
| 1:00 — 2:15 pm |
Some Key Federal, State and Local Sources for Immigrant Research |
Colletta |
| 2:45 — 4:00 pm |
Some Key Sources for Researching Colonial Settlers |
Taylor |
| Thursday |
Every Immigrant is an Individual with His or Her Own Story |
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| 8:30 — 9:45 am |
The West Indies and the Triangle Trade: Its Impact on Colonial Immigration |
Taylor |
| 10:15 — 11:30 am |
Reverse Migration: Colonial Settles Who Returned "Home" |
Taylor |
| 1:00 — 2:15 pm |
Seventeen Repositories, One Life: Uncovering the Story of One Prussian Immigrant of 1848 |
Colletta |
| 2:45 — 4:00 pm |
Vaya con Dios: Hispanic Immigration to North America |
Gurtler |
| Friday |
Reconstructing and Telling the Unique Saga of Each Newcomer to America |
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| 8:30 — 9:45 am |
Narrating the Story |
Colletta |
| 10:15 — 11:30 am |
Researching Colonial Immigrants in the Twenty-First Century |
Taylor |
| 1:00 — 2:15 pm |
Pulling all the Facts Together: Three Sample Immigration Stories |
Colletta |
| 2:45 — 4:00 pm |
Preparing for Successful Research in European Records |
Colletta |